How I feel about BAP

I feel really good about this BAP so far, I have been able to pretty much crush the 180's so far. Out of the 15 I have played I have cashed like 8 of them including like 5 final tables. Which in those 5 final tables I have managed two seconds and a win. As for the doubles the 1st day I ran them I double cashed and second time I cashed one of them, again I'm very pleased how I have been playing. I want to talk about a couple things while I have you all here.

Patience: I can not stress enough the importance of patience in these tourneys, yesterday in my doubles I think I played maybe 1 hand before the break and at the break I had stack of 1500 which was almost exactly 10bb's. Obviously this does not put me in a comfortable spot but if you arnt getting the cards then your not getting the cards. Start of 2nd hour I managed to double up with AA vs some random hand. I cant talk about this point enough because it is needed even in blinds that go up at this rate you still don't need to be calling with KJ OOP.

Hand Selection: I have a lot of friends online that freaking LOVE suited connectors but I don't, I think they are a waste to be honest. Lots of friends use the excuse that hey I will limp with 20 chips and if I'm raised I will fold. Well guess what 90% of the time your getting raised and that means you are throwing 20 chips away a lot here. If you do this 20 times limp folding I mean that is 200 chips and that represents about 17.5% of your stack. When you need fold equity later on that 17.5% could be needed. So lets go into specific hands here.

Hand selection in beginning stages

• High Pocket Pairs: I run all my high pocket pairs hard and fast there is no reason in these games to try to hide the strength of your hands. You will get paid off with 2nd,and 3rd pair and sometimes ace high.
• suited connectors: I discussed these in above.
• AK/AQ: I kinda play these 2 the same way I re-raise if someone opens, and I open if folded to. In early position I raise and if re raised I usually will muck the AQ but the AK I will call to see flop the proceed depending on flop texture.
• All trouble hands: I consider all trouble hands like KJ, KQ, AJ, etc all those hands that could flop you top pair but could put you miles behind, these hands I'm usually opening if folded to or people limp or I fold to raises. I should never have to decide to call out of position with these hands because I'm never calling a re-raise with them.
• Small pairs: I like to see a flop with all small pairs because if you hit a set you will usually stack the player. Try to see all flops but don't overpay for them.

I will discuss middle and later stages at another time but I think later stages are more about your stack size and blinds then your hand.